Kingdom Animalia Family Parkinsoniidae Rank Genus Subclass Ammonites | Superfamily Perisphinctoidea Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonitida | |
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Similar Ammonites, Parkinsonia parkinsoni, Garantiana, Stephanoceras, Peltoceras | ||
Parkinsonia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Parkinsoniidae.
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These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.
Description
Parkinsonia species have a compressed spiral shell with strong ribbing.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.
References
Parkinsonia (ammonite) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA